SE544689C2 - Mooring device with locking function for boat - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY Mooring device (1) for a boat including a locking function where the mooring device (1) has a rod in the form of a tube (2) which at a front end is made with a hook (3) which has a gap (6) and further provided with a loop (4) for connecting a mooring line at a rear end, where a locking rod (5) running inside the pipe is arranged to be displaceable so that a front end of the locking rod (5) can be passed through the attachment of the hook (3) to the pipe (2) so that the gap (6) in the hook (3) is closed, and where at the rear end of the locking rod (5) this is made with a handle (7) which projects laterally at an angle through a longitudinal opening (8) in the pipe (2) wall, and where the gap (6) in the hook (3) can be locked in the closed position by a locking pin (12) or locking bracket being arranged to be inserted behind the handle of the locking rod (5) so that the locking rod (5) does not can be moved backwards and thus the mooring device (1) is placed in the locked position.

Description

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[0001] The present invention relates to a mooring device for facilitating the mooring of a boat, where the mooring device is further provided with a device for locking the boat against a mooring line which is attached to a mooring position.

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[0002] Mooring devices of the kind referred to here are previously known in the art. As an example, reference is made to the patent document SE 441514 which shows a mooring device that includes a rod with a hook at one end, where the hook has a gap that can be opened and closed by means of a locking rod installed in the mooring device. The gap in the hook can thus be closed or opened. The hook can be hooked to a buoy or other mooring attachment. The rod is connected at its other end to a mooring line. This mooring device does not contain any elements that can be used to lock a boat to a mooring position. 3. id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3 " id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3"

[0003] As further known technology of a general kind, devices to facilitate mooring can be mentioned shown in the documents SE442618, SE449723, DE9012077 and US6363 876. Also none of the mooring devices shown in these documents contain any mechanism to enable locking of the mooring device against the mooring bracket to which the hook in the mooring device is attached.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 4. id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id=" p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4" id="p-4"

[0004] According to one aspect of the invention, this consists of a mooring device that includes a rod in the form of a tube with a hook at one end, the front end. The hook is intended to be hooked around, for example, a mooring eye on a boat, preferably a bow eye. At the other end of the bar, the rear end, it is connected to a mooring line. Inside the pipe runs a locking rod that can be moved through the hook's attachment to the pipe so that a gap in the hook is closed by the locking rod. The locking rod is formed at its rear end so that it is bent at an angle, on the order of 90 degrees, outwards and thereby forms a handle which projects through a longitudinal opening in the pipe, whereby the projecting handle is used by a user to regulate closure of the gap in the hook. The locking bar can be locked in the closed position by a lock being connected to or attached to the bar. The locking has alternative configurations. In the simplest variant, the locking function is set up so that the rod has locking loops which are arranged to the side of the rod and positioned so that the locking loops are positioned behind the protruding handle of the locking rod. By attaching the shackle of a padlock through the eyelets behind the latch rod's outwards handle, the latch rod cannot be brought back and open the gap in the hook whereby the mooring device is locked to the boat's mooring eye and can only be opened by using the key to the padlock so that the shackle of the lock can be removed and allow a return of the locking rod whereby the gap of the hook is opened and the release of the mooring device from the boat's mooring loop is made possible. . id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id ="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5"

[0005] a preferred alternative embodiment is the mooring device provided with a lock integrated with its rod. Here, according to one aspect of the invention, the lock is attached to the rod where the lock has a locking pin that can be inserted into the pipe behind the locking rod's handle when the locking rod is pushed forward into the hook and thus closes the gap of the hook. The locking pin is then inserted by pressing a push button, whereby the locking pin is inserted behind the locking rod's handle and locks the locking pin in the inserted position. The locking pin can then only be brought out by using a key, or alternatively in the form of a code, which unlocks the lock whereby the locking pin and push button spring out and thus allow the locking rod to be returned so that the gap in the hook opens. 6. id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6 " id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6"

[0006] in locking a boat to a mooring position, the most common approach is for a user to lock a mooring line to a locking loop of the boat. The locking loop is usually made up of the boat's bow loop. This stanchion loop is usually badly positioned in relation to the user, who usually stands on a quayside or quayside. The upper part of the bow of the boat is protruding above the position, further down towards the water surface, on the bow of the boat where the locking loop is located. When, according to a known procedure, the user has to lock the boat by means of the mooring line, which is usually a chain, he has to bend down over the water between the boat and the edge of the pier/quay to access the tie rod and in unnatural body positions bring a padlock and the end of the mooring line with him to lock this to the boat's bow ring. It is thus a great advantage to have the possibility to lock the boat already with the mooring device, especially in the preferred embodiment where locking can be done using only the hand that the user uses to capture the boat's bow eye by means of the hook of the mooring device, where the user only needs to press down push button to lock the boat to the mooring position.

FIGURE DESCRIPTION Figure 1 schematically shows a principle sketch of a first variant of the mooring device where a lock is integrated with the rod of the mooring device and where the lock with its locking pin blocks the return of the locking rod which in the figure is pushed out of the rod and closes the gap of the hook.

Figure 2 schematically illustrates a perspective view in a further angle of the mooring device according to figure Figure 3 shows a perspective view in a further angle of the mooring device according to figure 1, where the locking rod is in a retracted position in the rod, whereby the gap in the hook is open.

Figure 4 illustrates the mooring device according to figures 1 to 3 by means of a sectional view showing that the locking rod is in a locked position by the locking pin of the lock being located behind the locking rod and its handle whereby the locking rod cannot be moved backwards to open the mooring device.

Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the mooring device where locking loops are fixed to the rod and allow the insertion of a lock, for example a padlock, behind the locking rod's handle when the locking rod is moved forward and closes the gap in the hook.

Figure 6 reproduces the mooring device according to figure 4 in a perspective view made at a different angle.

Figure 7 shows the mooring device according to figures 4 and 5 where it is shown that the locking rod is moved forward to close the gap of the hook and that thereby a locking pin or locking shackle can be inserted behind the handle of the locking rod and thereby lock and keep the gap in the hook closed.

Figure 8 shows the hook of a mooring device in close-up and illustrates the forward end of the locking bar when it is retracted into the bar, thereby leaving the gap of the hook open.

Figure 9 shows the hook of a mooring device in close-up and illustrates the front end of the locking rod as it is pushed forward into the gap of the hook and thus closes the gap of the hook.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS [0007] In the following, a number of embodiments of the invention are described with the support of the attached drawings. The drawings only schematically show the principle of the device and do not claim to show to scale any proportions between different elements thereof. 8. id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8 " id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8"

[0008] The embodiments of a device according to the inventive aspect are reported here. Figures 1 - 6 show two alternative designs of mooring device indicated with the reference 1. The mooring device comprises a tubular rod, hereinafter referred to as the tube 2. The tube 2 has at the first end, here called the front end, a hook 3. As mentioned, this hook is 3 intended to be hooked around a mooring eye on a boat. At the other end of the rod, the rear end, the tube 2 has a loop 4 which, when used for mooring a boat, is usually connected to a mooring line. Inside the pipe 2 runs a locking rod 5 (only visible dashed in Fig. 1) which is intended to be displaceable through the attachment of the hook 3 to the pipe 2 so that a gap 6 in the hook 3 is closed by the locking rod 5. The locking rod 5 is designed at its rear end so that it is bent at an angle, of the order of 90 degrees, outwards and thereby forms a handle 7 which projects through a longitudinal opening 8 in the pipe 2, whereby the projecting handle 7 can be used by a user to regulate the closing of the gap 6 in the hook 3 by pushing the locking rod 5 forward so that a tip 9 of the locking rod 5 is brought out from the front end of the tube 2 and out over the gap 6 in the hook 3 and thereby closes the gap 6 in the hook 3. The locking rod 5 can be locked when it is in the forward position position and thereby in the closed position of the hook 3 by a lock being connected to or attached to the tube 9. id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9"

[0009] The read has alternative configurations. In a preferred embodiment of the mooring device, the locking function is set up so that a lock 10 is attached to the pipe 2 according to figures 1 - 3. In this case, a lock button 11 on the lock 10 regulates a locking pin 12 which is inserted from the lock 10 through a hole in the wall of the pipe 2 where the lock is arranged. The locking pin 12 is thereby located behind the locking rod 5 where this is angled out to the handle 7 so that the locking rod 5 cannot be brought back into the pipe 2, whereby the gap 6 remains closed as long as the lock 10 is activated. This can be seen from figure 4. Activation of the lock 10 is most easily done by pressing down the lock button 11, where it is snapped into the locked position and thus keeps the lock pin 12 behind the locking rod 5. Unlocking, ie; deactivation of the lock 10 takes place by using a key that releases the lock button from its locked position. The lock button then springs up by means of spring force from a spring under the lock button 11. The key can alternatively be made up of some form of code lock. . id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id ="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10"

[0010] In an alternative embodiment of the mooring device, a type of externally applied lock is used, for example a padlock, where the configuration is shown in Figures 5 - 7. Here, a pair of locking loops 15 are arranged parallel to each other and located on each side of the longitudinal the hole 8 in the pipe 2. The locking rod can then be moved forward by means of the handle 7 so that the handle 7 fits between the locking loops 15, whereby a hole 16 in each of the locking loops 15 ends up behind the handle 7. Here, locking of the mooring device 1 is then made possible by a locking shackle of a padlock or other locking device is inserted through the holes 16 in the locking loops, whereby the locking rod 5 cannot be brought back because said locking bracket is attached behind the locking rod 5.

Claims (7)

1. Mooring device (1) for a boat comprising a locking function where the mooring device (1) has: - a rod in the form of a tube (2) which at a front end has a hook (3) with a gap (6) and provided with a loop (4) for a mooring line at a rear end, - a locking rod (5) running inside the pipe which is arranged to be displaceable so that a front end of the locking rod (5) can be passed through the attachment of the hook (3) to the pipe (2) so that the gap (6) in the hook (3) is closed, - at the rear end of the locking rod (5) this is made with a handle (7) which projects laterally at an angle through a longitudinal opening (8) in the tube (2) ) wall, - characterized in that - the gap (6) in the hook (3) can be locked in the closed position by a locking pin (12) or locking bracket being arranged to be inserted behind the handle of the locking rod (5) so that the locking rod (5) cannot is shifted backwards and thus the mooring device (1) is placed in the locked position. 2. The mooring device according to patent claim 1, where a lock (10) is attached to the tube (2), wherein the lock has a locking pin (12) that can be inserted into the tube (2) through the wall of the tube so that the locking pin ends up behind the handle (7) at the locking rod (5). 3. The mooring device according to patent claim 2, where a locking button (11) is arranged in the lock (10), whereby pressing the locking button causes the locking pin (12) to be pushed down behind the locking rod (5) and where the locking button is snapped into the locked position and thus holds the locking pin left behind the locking rod (5). 4. The mooring device according to patent claim 3, where deactivation of the lock (10) takes place by means of a key or a code lock which releases the lock button (11) from its locked position. 5. The mooring device according to patent claim 4, where the lock button (11) is arranged to spring back to an initial position from the locked position by a spring under the lock button springing it up when unlocking the lock (10) by means of the key or code lock. 6. The mooring device according to patent claim 1, where a pair of locking loops (15) are arranged essentially parallel to each other with a locking loop located along each side of the longitudinal hole (8) in the tube (2). 7. The mooring device according to patent claim 6, where the mooring device (1) is locked by means of a locking shackle of, for example, a padlock when the locking shackle is inserted through the locking loops (15) with the locking shackle located behind the handle (7) of the locking rod (5).